While it’s mostly known as a player in the integrated cloud applications and platforms landscape, Oracle Corp. also has a strong open-source community presence.

Having participated in over 500 projects over the years, the company has been steadfast in its commitment to community engagement.

“The biggest part of all of this is we’ve been doing it for decades,” said Sudha Raghavan (pictured), senior vice president of the OCI developer platform at Oracle. “It’s just that we haven’t been very public about it. We’ve always done Oracle, Linux and Java, but now we are trying more and more [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] projects. We are becoming one of the planning sponsors for CNCF.”

Raghavan spoke with theCUBE principal analyst Rob Strechay and host Savannah Peterson at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the resurgence of Oracle in the open-source realm and the democratization of artificial intelligence. (* Disclosure below.)

New era to focus on open compliance standards

Oracle’s pivotal role in CNCF projects marks a significant shift in its public narrative, signaling a newfound dedication to transparency and community engagement. Epitomizing that shift is its Gen 2 Cloud, which embraces open compliance standards with Kubernetes as the cornerstone, according to Raghavan.

“We have the late movers advantage,” she said. “That means we go to the customers where they want us to be. Customers don’t want rental lock-in; they want to be cloud ubiquitous. I code to an interface, run me in any cloud that allows that interface to run seamlessly. That’s exactly how we built our products.”

In addition to a focus on interoperability, Oracle has also undertaken several other ambitious projects. One of those is the creation of one of the world’s largest graphics processing unit clusters, underscoring a commitment to pushing boundaries and driving technological advancement in areas such as AI, Raghavan added.

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe: 

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event. No sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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